As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20, 2013

1933 Act Registration No. 33-72424

1940 Act Registration No. 811-8194

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Pre-Effective Amendment No.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 120

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and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

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Amendment No. 121

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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100

Denver, CO 80203

(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code: (303) 623-2577

David T. Buhler, Esq., Secretary

Financial Investors Trust

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100

Denver, CO 80203

(Name and
Address of Agent of Service)

Copy to:

Peter H. Schwartz, Esq.

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

1550 17th Street, Suite 500

Denver, CO 80202

Approximate Date
of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Amendment

It is proposed
that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

x

immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

on (date), pursuant to paragraph (b)

60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)

on (date), pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)

75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (2)

on (date), pursuant to paragraph (a) (2)

If appropriate, check the following box:

This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, certifies that it meets all
the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 120 of its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Denver, and State of Colorado, on September 20, 2013.

FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST

(Registrant)

By:

/s/ Edmund J. Burke

Edmund J. Burke

President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Edmund J. Burke

Edmund J. Burke

President, Trustee and Chairman

September 20, 2013

/s/ John R. Moran, Jr.

John R. Moran, Jr.*

Trustee

September 20, 2013

/s/ Jeremy W. Deems

Jeremy W. Deems*

Trustee

September 20, 2013

/s/ Mary K. Anstine

Mary K. Anstine*

Trustee

September 20, 2013

/s/ Jerry G. Rutledge

Jerry G. Rutledge*

Trustee

September 20, 2013

/s/ Michael Ross Shell

Michael Ross Shell*

Trustee

September 20, 2013

/s/ Kimberly R. Storms

Kimberly R. Storms

Treasurer

September 20, 2013

* Signature affixed by David T. Buhler pursuant to a power of attorney dated September 11, 2012.